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The '''Laufás-Edda''' was written in the period 1608-9 by the priest [[Magnús Ólafsson]] at Laufás on the request of [[Arngrímur Jónsson]]. |
The '''Laufás-Edda''' was written in the period 1608-9 by the priest [[Magnús Ólafsson]] at Laufás on the request of [[Arngrímur Jónsson]]. |
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The Laufás-Edda was written in the period 1608-9 by the priest Magnús Ólafsson at Laufás on the request of Arngrímur Jónsson.
The purpose was to make a systematic and encyclopedic version of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. The myths in Gylfaginning are presented as a series of examples and the kennings of Skáldskaparmál are organized alphabetically. The last part, Háttatal was not included.
The result was a distorted version of Snorri's work, but a version which became a convenient and popular work of reference for poets and antiquarians.
Source and external link
- [1] Margaret Clunies Ross and Lars Lönnroth, "The Norse Muse: Report from an International Research Project," Alvíssmál 9 (1999): 3–28, here pp. 8–11.
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